Hinge.



No. 880,757. PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

DB LEONARD RUGG.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED 00129, 1906.

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HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March e, 1908.

Application filed October 29. 1906- Serial No. 341.012.

To all who m itmag concern:

Be it known that 1, DE LEONARD Ruoo, citizen of the United States, residing at Catskill, in the county of Greene and State of New York, having invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The resent invention has relation to-that class 0 pinless hinges in which the members are readily separated from each other when it is desired to disconnect the two objects to which the members are respectively attached such as storm-doors or windows,

transoms, and other suspended bodies of like character which it is desired to detachably and removably connect to a stationary object through the medium of a pinless hinge.

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction of this class of hinges whereby the cost of manufacture is ma- .terially reduced and at the same time possess the required strength and durability as well as practical utility and effectiveness in the uses to which the hinge may be found applicable.

The invention consists in a hinge constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure -1 of the drawings is a perspective view of the two members of the hinge connected together. Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof showing the objects to which the hinge is connected in dotted lines. Fig. 3 a perspective view of one of the members of the hinge. Fig. 4 a similar view of the op osite member.

n the accompanying drawings A B represent the two members of the hinge constructed of sheet metal of suitable thickness and having perforations a to receive a screw or other like fastening. The hinge-members A B are angular in shape the apex of the angle when bent down forming the spur b thereby enabling economy of metal in the manufacture.

The side spurs c are formed when stamping or otherwise constructing the hingemembers and are bent down to the required angle, the several spurs entering the wood which in addition to the fastenings entering the perforations a firmly and securely hold the members in place and prevent any. lateral shifting when fastened to the object.

In having the members angular and using the apex of the angle to form the spurs b any lengt 1 of spur may be used by bending down the desired amount of metal of the blank from which the hinge-member is constructed, as it is frequently necessary that the spur at the end of the hinge-member be of varying lengths to adapt it to the object to which it is fastened, provision being made for this variation of the spur by forming the hinge- Inember angular as shown in the drawings.

The hinge-member A is bent to form a pintle-roll d which may be of any desirable curve as found most practical and the hinge member B has a knuckle e, the curve of said knuckle corresponding with the curve of the pintle-roll so that it will la over and enga e the same sufficient to 110 d the two hingemembers together.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the extent of curve of the intle-roll or the knuckle as the essential ob ect thereof is to have them so constructed as to engage each other and to admit one section to Work upon the other without danger of being accidentally disengaged.

As the entire hinge is constructed of sheet metal it is important that the two parts or sections of the hinge should be as strong and durable as ossible to sustain the weight thereon at tlie point of connection between the two hinge-members for the reason that no solid pintle or pin is used the hinge depending entirely upon the pintle-roll d and nuckle e and it is therefore necessary to strengthen these parts which is accomplished by forming beads f g in the pintle roll and the knuckle respectively. These beads have three separate functions, viz: to strengthen the parts, to form a guide for the movement of the knuckle and also a stop therefor to prevent the knuckle from moving laterally and when it is desired to remove the hinge-member B from the hinge-member A, the former is brought up to the required angle to admit its removal therefrom, the beads engaging each other when the hinge is in use.

Havin now fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pinless hinge comprising two separable members having respectively a'pintleroll and aknuckle to enga e therewithpsaidhaving beads to form a stop for the knuckle roll and knuckle having beads thereon to to prevent lateral movement thereof, substrcngt-hcn the same and to form a guide and stantially as and for the purpose specified.

stop 1" or the knuckle, substantially as and for 5 the purpose described.

2. A pinlcss hinge comprising separable members of angular shape, the apex of the angle forming the fastening s ur, said members having a pintle-roll an a knuckle re- 10 spectively to engage with each other and In testimony whereof I affix my slgnature in presence of two witnesses.

DE LEONARD RUGG.

Witnesses: EDITH M. BRITT, A. M. MURPHY, 

